Madeleine M. Kunin Quotes
Inaction, contrary to its reputation for being a refuge, is neither safe nor comfortable.
If we are serious about providing upward mobility and building a skilled workforce, pre-school is the place to begin.
We're all basically made of the same stuff: generosity and selfishness, goodness and greed.
We see the world through the lens of all our experiences; that is a fundamental part of the human condition.
Those who speak up, those who use their connections, are more likely to succeed than those who sit and wait.
Money often determines not only who gets elected, but what gets done. Which voices do lawmakers listen to, the banks or home owners, coal companies, or asthma sufferers, the CEOs or the unemployed?
Volunteer activities can foster enormous leadership skills. The nonprofit professional volunteer world is a laboratory for self - realization.
When there is violence against any person in society, because he or she is different, it threatens us all. Only by speaking out are any of us safe.
The Republican agenda is, and always has been, to repeal Roe v. Wade, and at the very least, erode it to the greatest extent possible.
Common wisdom dictates that the vice president should provide balance to the ticket by representing a different part of the country, another set of experiences, or a basketful of electoral votes.
Somehow I got the feeling at an early age that I had to do something important with my life.
Why is computer science a good field for women? For one thing, thats where the jobs are, and for another, the pay is better than for many jobs, and finally, its easier to combine career and family.
Babies are smart. They can tell the difference between a responsive face and a blank face, wiped clean of emotion.
Investment in early education is not a Liberal or Conservative idea. Nor should it be decided along party lines.
If being a woman is a factor politically, it's usually not because of a conscious bias, but because women are a novelty.
Working moms, and increasingly working dads, don't want a government handout, but they do need a hand up.
When I ran for governor, was I ambitious? Yes. Anyone, male or female, who goes through the trials of a campaign must be ambitious.
The political environment we create matters because a disturbed person cannot always tell the difference between explosive rhetoric and explosive actions.
Statistics do not convey emotion. They shock us for a minute or two, and then we click again.
There are not many female role models to guide voters, and the tradition that a Southern woman's place is in the home still lingers in some quarters.
“Job Killer.” Those are the two words you are most likely to hear uttered by most American CEOs when confronted with proposals to enact family-friendly work policies.
There are no more excuses for leaving women out of the inner circles of power. Qualified women are everywhere. Women are ready for leadership; they just need to be identified and asked.
It is the future, of course, which politicians grapple with, and that is why politics is so disorderly. Only history clears away some of the debris.
Like art, political action gives shape and expression to the things we fear as well as to those we desire. It is a creative process, drawing on the power to imagine as well as to act.
If we are to create a new agenda for family/work policies, employers and employees have to take a seat at the same table and recognize their mutual gains.
Fair treatment in the work force is no longer exclusively a labor issue, nor is it a women's issue - it is a fundamental economic issue.
Political success is often dependent on the ability to be heard above the din of controversy and debate and to set a course with one's own compass.
A desire to succeed in politics is propelled by these two seemingly contradictory forces, which frequently change places and sometimes coexist: to save others and to save oneself.
A small pay discrepancy between men's and women's salaries for the same job may seem inconsequential. But over the years, salary discrimination adds up to a significantly smaller pension.
Without putting the brakes on out-of-control campaign contributions from individuals and corporations - it will be business as usual, with 1 percent of Americans pulling the strings.
When we mention the 1 percent and the 99 percent, everybody now knows what we are talking about. It's part of our vocabulary. How quickly these numbers jumped from the sidelines to the center.
We continue to blame the poor for their own condition. They are lazy. We do not want to know that the poorest of the poor are toddlers under three years of age.
Are there really good wars and bad wars? We thought so during World War II, and in retrospect, we were right. But in Vietnam, and Iraq we were wrong.
Remember what Susan B. Anthony said? 'Failure is impossible.' Failure is possible if women don't vote.
Most babies know how to win us over. We cannot help but smile at them and watch them smile back.
I'm not going to be bullied or pushed around by the group of the day. You've got to have political courage. You've got to have your own inner beliefs.
There are no more excuses for leaving women out of the inner circles of power. Qualified women are everywhere. Women are ready for leadership they just need to be identified and asked.
Why is computer science a good field for women? For one thing, that's where the jobs are, and for another, the pay is better than for many jobs, and finally, it's easier to combine career and family.